What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Automation Engineer position at Peraton?
Cloud Automation Engineer
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Requisition ID
2025-153342
Position Category
Information Technology
Clearance
Public Trust
Responsibilities
Peraton is seeking a lead cloud automation engineer to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals. This position will be working 100% remote and will focus on automation in support of the cloud infrastructure team. A candidate in this position will work as part of an enterprise cloud services team and will assist in the automation of cloud infrastructure, ensuring efficient, reliable, and scalable operations. The candidate will be part of a team of automation engineers implementing automation tools and processes. This role will develop and implement the automation needs for the cloud infrastructure team.
The candidate responsibilities include, but are not limited to :
Develop and deploy comprehensive cloud automation strategy to meet the cloud team's automation requirements
- Identify automation tools and best practices and support the adoption of the tools and practices across the cloud team
- Analyze existing cloud processes and identify areas where automation can be implemented to optimize cloud processes
- Support the automation needs of the cross-functional cloud infrastructure team
- Identify and implement cloud strategies to increase self-service infrastructure deployments using cloud native services
- Manage cloud infrastructure and ensure availability, scalability, and security through automation
- Monitor and optimize the performance of cloud services and resources through automation
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, CDK, and CloudFormation in support of streamlined deployment and management of cloud infrastructure
- Automate cloud infrastructure team reporting on service usage, cost, etc.
- Support the development governance documentation and standard operation procedures for automated processes and tools.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications :
Preferred Qualifications :
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains : land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
Salary : $112,000 - $179,000
